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Housing
Community and urban studies - Society and culture

Abstract

This unpublished study of social change focused on the inhabitants of Katharine Buildings in Stepney, London. The Buildings were established in 1885 as an experiment in improving working class housing conditions and were influenced by the ideas of Octavia Hill, Beatrice Webb and Ella Pycroft. Professor Townsend's study includes his analysis of the original ledgers and notes kept by Webb and Pycroft. In addition interviews with residents, some of whom were descendants of the original inhabitants, were also conducted. The accounts of interviews and questionnaires - with many open-ended questions - provide a unique picture of a working class community in transition through such issues as family history, household composition, occupation, income and leisure pursuits.

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Date of release:

First edition:

31 January 2005

Copyright:

Copyright Professor Peter Townsend

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These data are available from a service other than UK Data Service - National Social Policy and Social Change Archive. Albert Sloman Library Special Collections, University of Essex. Contact the UK Data Service in the first instance.